A Strategy For Terminating A Nuclear War - Softcover

Abt, Clark C

 
9780367158347: A Strategy For Terminating A Nuclear War
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0367158345 ISBN 13: 9780367158347
Publisher: Routledge, 2023

Synopsis

Avoiding a nuclear war, or ending one if avoidance fails, is an important but relatively unexplored aspect of nuclear doctrine. Dr. Abt examines the feasibility of antagonists' agreeing to exclude their open cities from nuclear targeting and to replace strategic bombardment with retaliatory invasion to create less of a hair[1]trigger deterrent. Critical net assessments by U.S. strategists and the effects of such a strategy on the Soviet Union and on U.S. allies are considered, along with problems implementation might pose. The author contends that both deterrence and the potential for limiting damage are strengthened by pre-war plans for a nuclear ceasefire and stalemate short of holocaust.

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About the Author

Dr. Clark C. Abt is founder and president of Abt Associates Inc., a private social and economic policy research firm in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Publisher
Routledge
Publication date
2023
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0367158345
ISBN 13 
9780367158347
Binding
Paperback
Edition number
1
Number of pages
268

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